Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers

It was hard not to think about Les Blank again while I was pondering ways to prepare raw garlic so that I could eat as much as possible. One of my other favorite documentaries of his is Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers. He traces the usage and history of garlic, garlic festivals, the symbolism of garlic, garlic in cooking, etc. etc. Now I love garlic a ton, and I always add way more extra than a recipe says, plus I sneak some into things whenever I can. But really, I realized all of that was just garlic posturing until now. Friends, I ate a full bulb of raw garlic in less than 24 hours. How? Cause I served myself several helpings of this:

Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers Hummus
one head of garlic, peeled
can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 tbs tahini
1/2 tbs olive oil
squeeze as much fresh lemon juice as you like
lots of cumin
sprinkle salt to taste
(process everything in a food processor until smooth, adjusting seasonings to your liking)

This is as basic as basic hummus goes, with the addition of way more garlic. Taste wise, it's fan-tastic! But the after bite of the spicy garlic really gets to your tongue after awhile. Because of this, I'm not exactly recommending it. But if you want to get a lot of garlic down, this is a good way.

That said, I really thought the smell had dissipated by the time I left my house to go to knit night. When I came home, THAT's when Aaron remembered to tell me that indeed, I do stink. Sorry knit friends!

(Did you know that garlic is also called "the stinking rose")

I have a lot of confidence that the garlic is going to work, and I'm giving it a few days till I make my conclusions. I am, however, in good spirits, after eating chili with neighbors, drinking a glass of cheap TJ's wine, and watching a movie while knitting on a new project!

Not really worth showing pictures of yet, but it's Wavy from Knitty. It's a really simple, snazzy pattern, methinks. I remember saying something silly yesterday about how it wasn't "driving me wild." But today, I'm feeling it. Completely.

And Jen (and whoever else is interested!) Aaron picked a movie for us to watch that was directed by Herzog AND starring Daddy Sutherland! It was called Scream of Stone, and in the movie, Donald Sutherland plays a reporter covering mountain climbers and their quest to climb a dangerous mountain (Cerro Torre) in Patagonia. It was a strange one. A lot of the dialogue, Aaron noted, was pedestrian and awkward. Also, it was almost an anti-Fitzcarraldo or anti-Herzog movie in that one of the main characters rather than rushing toward the mountain in a fervor, hid in fear and shame of it. Not one of his best films, but certainly entertaining. I'm starting to think I can be entertained by anything, no matter how much I like it or not.

I'll show you pictures of Wavy soon.